Wisconsin must produce more science-savvy students to remain competitive

MADISON At the UW-Madison College of Engineering Dean Paul Peercy and his faculty are weighing ideas for ensuring that todays engineering education includes what it takes to be competitive in todays increasingly global environment. At the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin Technical College System a joint planning group is debating how to graduate more people with four-ye

MADISON At the UW-Madison College of Engineering, Dean Paul Peercy and his faculty are weighing ideas for ensuring that todays engineering education includes what it takes to be competitive in todays increasingly global environment.

At the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin Technical College System, a joint planning group is debating how to graduate more people with four-ye......

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reign advances in basic science now often rival or even exceed those in the United States, based on such key indicators as prizes awarded to American scientists, patents and the number of papers published in major professional journals.

The rest of the world is catching up, said John Jankowski, senior analyst at the NSF, the federal agency that tracks science trends. Science excellence is......

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Whats required is a sense of urgency about the increasing competition from far beyond our borders.

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